La Vie, l’amour, la mort (1969) - film review

Comedy / Drama

Summary

François Toledo is being pursued relentlessly by the police. Only a few days ago he was just an ordinary French man - a worker at a car factory, happily in love with a colleague, Janine. Yet there is more to François than is first apparent. He is married and has a little daughter. He is also traumatised by his sexual inadequacy, a failing that has driven him to strangle three prostitutes...

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Credits

Director: Claude Lelouch
Script: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Photo: Jean Collomb
Music: Francis Lai
Cast: Amidou (François Toledo), Caroline Cellier (Caroline), Janine Magnan (Janine), Marcel Bozzuffi (Policeman), Pierre Zimmer (Policeman), Lisette Bersy (Helene), Jean-Marc Allègre (Executioner’s Aide), Pierre Collet (Chief Executioner), Jean Collomb (Motel Owner), El Cordobes (Bullfighter), Nathalie Durrand (Sophie), Yves Gabrielli (Policeman), Annie Girardot (Woman in Film), Jean-Pierre Hazy (Policeman), Jacques Henry (Executioner’s Aide), Robert Hossein (Man in Film), Rita Maiden (Prostitute), Claudia Morin (Girl at Dance), Albert Naud (Defense Lawyer)
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 115 min; B&W
Aka: Life Love Death

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